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2023

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Environmental Sciences

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81
Citations
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World Ranking
920
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Microbiology

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Citations
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Dirk de Beer publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk de Beer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 379 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Dirk de Beer D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dirk de Beer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Dirk de Beer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on oceanography, ecology, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's work investigates microbial community ecology and physiology, ocean acidification effects and responses, methane hydrates and related phenomena, coral and marine ecosystems, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Towards improved monitoring of offshore carbon storage: A real-world field experiment detecting a controlled sub-seafloor CO2 release, 2021, International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Thermal stress reduces pocilloporid coral resilience to ocean acidification by impairing control over calcifying fluid chemistry, 2021, Science Advances
  • Reactive oxygen species affect the potential for mineralization processes in permeable intertidal flats, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Exploring flow-biofilm-sediment interactions: Assessment of current status and future challenges, 2020, Water Research
  • High Net Primary Production of Mediterranean Seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) Meadows Determined With Aquatic Eddy Covariance, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dirk de Beer include:

  • Arjun Chennu
  • Judith M. Klatt
  • Marit R. van Erk
  • Paul Stoodley
  • Sergey M. Borisov

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study contributing to their research are:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Core topics of interest encompass:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Best Publications

  • Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria

    Katharina F. Ettwig;Margaret K. Butler;Margaret K. Butler;Denis Le Paslier;Denis Le Paslier;Eric Pelletier;Eric Pelletier

  • Oxygenic photosynthesis as a protection mechanism for cyanobacteria against iron-encrustation in environments with high Fe2+ concentrations

    Danny Ionescu;Danny Ionescu;Bettina Buchmann;Christine Heim;Stefan Häusler

  • Effects of biofilm structures on oxygen distribution and mass transport.

    Dirk de Beer;Paul Stoodley;Frank L. Roe;Zbigniew Lewandowski

  • Novel microbial communities of the Haakon Mosby mud volcano and their role as a methane sink

    Helge Niemann;Helge Niemann;Tina Lösekann;Dirk de Beer;Marcus Elvert;Marcus Elvert

  • Direct measurement of chlorine penetration into biofilms during disinfection.

    Dirk de Beer;Rohini Srinivasan;Philip S. Stewart

  • The mechanism of calcification and its relation to photosynthesis and respiration in the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis

    F. A. Al-Horani;S. M. Al-Moghrabi;D. de Beer

  • Identification and Activities In Situ of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. as Dominant Populations in a Nitrifying Fluidized Bed Reactor

    Andreas Schramm;Dirk de Beer;Michael Wagner;Rudolf Amann

  • Microscale distribution of populations and activities of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. along a macroscale gradient in a nitrifying bioreactor: quantification by in situ hybridization and the use of microsensors.

    Andreas Schramm;Dirk de Beer;Johan C. van den Heuvel;Simon Ottengraf

  • Liquid flow in heterogeneous biofilms

    Dirk de Beer;Paul Stoodley;Zbigniew Lewandowski

  • Structural and functional dynamics of sulfate-reducing populations in bacterial biofilms

    Cecilia M. Santegoeds;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Gerard Muyzer;Dirk de Beer

  • MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF A HEAVILY POLLUTED MICROBIAL MAT AND ITS COMMUNITY CHANGES FOLLOWING DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM COMPOUNDS

    Raeid M. M. Abed;Nimer M. D. Safi;Jürgen Köster;Dirk de Beer

  • Oxygen uptake by aquatic sediments measured with a novel non-invasive eddy-correlation technique

    Peter Berg;Hans Røy;Felix Janssen;Volker Meyer

  • Microenvironments and distribution of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane-bound biofilm

    Andreas Schramm;Andreas Schramm;Dirk de Beer;Armin Gieseke;Rudolf I. Amann

  • A nitrite microsensor for profiling environmental biofilms.

    Dirk de Beer;Andreas Schramm;Cecilia M. Santegoeds;Michael Kühl

  • Measurement of local diffusion coefficients in biofilms by microinjection and confocal microscopy

    Dirk de Beer;Paul Stoodley;Zbigniew Lewandowski

  • Mechanisms of damage to corals exposed to sedimentation

    Miriam Weber;Dirk de Beer;Christian Lott;Lubos Polerecky

  • Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm.

    Nicole Dubilier;Caroline Mülders;Tim Ferdelman;Dirk de Beer

  • In situ fluxes and zonation of microbial activity in surface sediments of the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano

    Dirk de Beer;Eberhard Sauter;Helge Niemann;Norbert Kaul

  • Aerobic denitrification in permeable Wadden Sea sediments.

    Hang Gao;Hang Gao;Frank Schreiber;Gavin Collins;Gavin Collins;Marlene Mark Jensen;Marlene Mark Jensen

  • Biological and chemical sulfide oxidation in a Beggiatoa inhabited marine sediment.

    André Preisler;Dirk de Beer;Anna Lichtschlag;Gaute Lavik

  • Transport and mineralization rates in North Sea sandy intertidal sediments, Sylt-Rømø Basin, Wadden Sea

    Dirk de Beer;Frank Wenzhöfer;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Susan E. Boehme

  • Microelectrode measurements of the activity distribution in nitrifying bacterial aggregates.

    D de Beer;JC van den Heuvel;Spp Simon Ottengraf

Frequent Co-Authors

Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Lubos Polerecky
Lubos Polerecky Utrecht University
Peter Stief
Peter Stief University of Southern Denmark
Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Frank Wenzhöfer
Frank Wenzhöfer Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Alban Ramette
Alban Ramette University of Bern
Andreas Schramm
Andreas Schramm Aarhus University
Gaute Lavik
Gaute Lavik Max Planck Society
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Paul Stoodley
Paul Stoodley The Ohio State University

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